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With a Poker Player in the White House, Washington's Strict Online Gambling Law Could Changenew

Washington is one of a handful of states that expressly prohibits online gambling--and the only one that goes so far as to make it a felony. But Barney Frank may introduce a bill this month to repeal a law that prohibits Internet companies from accepting bank payments for gambling.
Seattle Weekly  |  Damon Agnos  |  04-06-2009  |  Policy Issues

Seattle Mayor Wants $400K for a Better Way to Write You Upnew

Among the projects Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels has sought to fund with federal stimulus money is the purchase of $412,540 worth of new devices to issue parking tickets.
Seattle Weekly  |  Rick Anderson  |  03-09-2009  |  Policy Issues

Is Georgetown About to Get Trashed?new

Residents of Seattle's working-class, South End neighborhood say they've been dumped on enough.
Seattle Weekly  |  Aimee Curl  |  06-25-2007  |  Policy Issues

See More Buttsnew

Thanks to the smoking ban, city sidewalks are littered with cigarettes -- whose job is it to clean them up?
Seattle Weekly  |  Brian Miller  |  01-30-2007  |  Policy Issues

Broke as a Smokenew

Powerful state legislators explore ditching the 25-foot rule as barkeeps struggle to weather a butt-free recession.
Seattle Weekly  |  Philip Dawdy  |  09-27-2006  |  Policy Issues

The Futility of Boycottsnew

If you're planning to boycott Microsoft, get in line.
Seattle Weekly  |  Geov Parrish  |  01-24-2006  |  Policy Issues

Time to Grow Upnew

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels says a taller, denser downtown is inevitable, even desirable. But critics say bigger isn't better unless you do it right.
Seattle Weekly  |  Philip Dawdy  |  08-10-2005  |  Policy Issues

The Rights of (Corporate) Mannew

How We the People became second-class citizens.
Seattle Weekly  |  Knute Berger  |  05-25-2005  |  Policy Issues

Is the Pacific Northwest a Populist Paradise?new

Hanging together or hanging separately: secession and politics in the struggle for Ecotopia.
Seattle Weekly  |  Knute Berger  |  03-23-2005  |  Policy Issues

The Man Who Invented Ecotopianew

Geov Parrish interviews Ecotopia author Ernest Callenbach on the 30th anniversary of his futuristic novel about Pacific Northwest secession. The book portrayed how a modern society could be restructured around environmental principles, and it became a road map for future ecologically aware development.
Seattle Weekly  |  Geov Parrish  |  03-23-2005  |  Policy Issues

The Preston Gates Matesnew

A venerable Seattle law firm launched key players in the Tom DeLay scandal.
Seattle Weekly  |  Rick Anderson  |  02-23-2005  |  Policy Issues

How 9/11 Trumped the Anti-WTO Movementnew

In the shadow of 9/11, the days of 1999 seem positively innocent. Both sides in the anti-globalization debate have their dark, ugly underbellies, and the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, have made them very felt in our everyday lives.
Seattle Weekly  |  Knute Berger  |  11-24-2004  |  Policy Issues

Whatever Happened to Key WTO Protest Players?new

A where-are-they-now guide to the Mayor, the Chief, "Hippie Bitch" Forman and other important figures involved -- in one way or another -- with Seattle's WTO protests of 1999.
Seattle Weekly  |  Rick Anderson  |  11-24-2004  |  Policy Issues

Why There Won't Be Another 'Seattle'new

As big a disaster as the WTO protests were for almost everyone involved, it was a watershed moment for police. Nowadays, whenever a city hosts a major meeting of the International Monetary Fund, say, Seattle Police Department officials hear from cops who are looking for ways to avoid the mistakes made in Seattle.
Seattle Weekly  |  Philip Dawdy  |  11-24-2004  |  Policy Issues

Seattle, Five Years After the WTO Protestsnew

Is this what failure looks like? Third World delegates have gridlocked the WTO but in the U.S. anti-globalization organizers have struggled to convert street heat into policy.
Seattle Weekly  |  Geov Parrish  |  11-24-2004  |  Policy Issues

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